Sympathy for Cecil: gender, trophy hunting, and the western environmental imaginary

This article draws from political ecology and ecofeminism to examine sympathy, expressed by record-breaking donations from North Americans, for the death of Cecil the Lion. The overlapping normative critique offered by these two perspectives together demonstrates how sympathy is disclosive of power...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eric S Godoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23526